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Yersinia enterocolitica: A New or Unrecognized NosocomialPathogen?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

William R. Jarvis
William R. Jarvis*
Affiliation:
Infection and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases,Centers for Disease Control US Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Mailstop A07, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , March 1992 , pp. 137 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992 

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